AIBU to ask for some techy advice here.

[irnbruforlife]

Posting here for traffic. hopefully there will be some computer techy people about to answer this. I apologise now for the lack of technical terms which you are about to probably endure! Is there such a thing as a home plug (those plug things that you attach one to your router with an ethernet and into your electric socket, and then you can have other plugs throughout your house which you can connect other pcs etc. to with an ethernet cable to get broadband) that also acts as a wifi extender? But not in the sense that they have to pick up the wifi signal and then just repeat it, but they somehow convert the broadband signal being shared through your electric circuit into wifi for the room they are plugged into? Have the old style ones (that you physically needed to plug pcs into) but obviously annoying as mobile/tablet couldnt get wifi. Went and spent £200 on BT whole home hub disc thing to struggle for 4 months and realise its just a bloody waste of money. Kitchen had ridiculously thick stone walls and disc just wont pick up a signal in it, and if i put in room adjacent to kitchen, the wifi signal doesnt make it through the walls. I just want wifi in my kitchen .

Also i realise that this is a total first world problem but I wanna watch cookery vids whilst I attempt to copy them :D

There TP link plugs which might help?

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5742734?cmpid=GS001&$ja=tsid:59158%7Cacid:532-198-3455%7Ccid:200290250%7Cagid:12504951290%7Ctid:aud-180466976245:pla-213054609410%7Ccrid:66128554130%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:7143540256974469548%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:1o1%7Cmt:%7Cloc:1007192&gclid=Cj0KCQiAA4jgBRDhARIsADezXcjhY0NX4NEr4I-2KZARhgmakO-qTIW-U1hoIH89iEtmNR8xIYFNX2IaAtGKEALwwcB

You plug an Ethernet cable from your router into the plug and the plug into the wall. The on the opposite end plug the Ethernet cable into the plug and your laptop/computer.

It doesn't help with a wireless connection but might be an option?

Yes they are as described above.

They must be directly plugged into the wall socket and not an extension lead. Both the sockets have to be synced. You also must buy as a pair as they are linked so you can't have 2 odd ones.

I lived in a old house with thick walls so wifi was useless but these worked wonders

Thanks, I have some old style homeplugs already but they don't help with Wi-Fi which is what my tablet is. So I need something that will give me Wi-Fi in a dead spot that doesn't rely on picking up the Wi-Fi signal from my router to repeat/extend if that is the right terminology.

Sorry should have read fully.

Yes you can get Wi-Fi extensions. They sync in with your hub and your device can transfer to the extension.

We have one in a socket on the cusp of where our Wi-Fi signal goes low so we can continue using it in the garden.

We are on virgin but the plug is a fair distance from the hub and goes through wall/patio door.

I do sometimes have to manually switch between the 2 Wi-Fi connections though as sometimes it doesn't automatically switch

www.amazon.co.uk/NETGEAR-Universal-Booster-Extender-EX2700-100UKS/dp/B00NIUHAG6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ref=plSrch&keywords=wifi+extender+booster&dpPl=1&dpID=31s3fb1HSFL&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1543699404&sr=8-3

We have them - they are used for the games consoles upstairs as the hub is downstairs and the signal in DS's room can be dodgy.

Basically, they use the electric wiring instead of data cables and are brilliant!

Yes Tp link now do what you want. On amazon, search powerline wi do extender.
I also have old style to tp link and been researching this week.

Sorry I meant powerline wi fi extender